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Raising Bart Simpson

"I now have a 7-year-old boy and a 9-year-old boy, so all I can say is, I apologize. Now I know what you guys were talking about."


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An Enormous Lack

I think that what children in the United States desperately need is a moral purpose, and a lot of our children here aren't getting that. They're ...


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Widening Circle of Unbelief

One child lost to the faith usually becomes a family lost to the faith, and not many generations later a whole community of unbelief is set in motion ...


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Classroom on Film

I've always tried to be aware of what I say in my films because all of us who make motion pictures are teachers, teachers with very loud voices.


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A Day Wasted?

In The Effective Father, Gordon MacDonald wrote: "It is said of Boswell, the famous biographer of Samuel Johnson, that he often referred to a special ...


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Going the Wrong Direction

In my country, England, we play a game called "bowls." When you're too old to run around the block or play tennis or racquetball, you can ...


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A Test of Leadership

This is one of the tests of leadership: that you recognize what affects people, not what should affect people.


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An Answer to Prayer

It was a cold winter day and the entire family was snug in our warm house. Everyone that is, except for our six-year-old Jonathan, who insisted on playing ...


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Keeping a Promise

I think of the father of one of my closest friends. My friend was reminiscing after his father's death and told me of an experience from much earlier ...


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Salvation Is a Gift

Salvation is a gift of God's grace, not the result of correct child-rearing techniques.


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